if Sony had been around earlier - format wars

Sony is just a Corporation that manufactures products. They can't and don't make you purchase their products. It seems to me that Sony develops new products that they think offers better performance/features than what is available in the market, and they hope the comsumer will agree and purchase millions of them so Sony can recoup their R&D cost and make a profit.

I can't imagine how boring the world would be if companies did not develop and produce new products that enhanced whatever market they are in. If no one ever tried something new, your car would have wheels that still fit in those Roman wagon wheel ruts.......

Enjoy,

TIC

Audiotomb said "why not converge on one format and have a hope of things moving forward".

Sony would love for this to happen. As long as it converged on their format. How can you possilby fault Sony? They spend massive amounts of money on R&D, same as the other companies do. Is it Sony's fault that other companies are doing the same thing Sony is doing at the same time? I don't think so.

The answer is obvious. All other electronics companies should stop producing new technology so Sony wins the format wars and you don't have to worry about futureproofing you system.

Enjoy,

TIC